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The schedule for our Thursday lunch seminars autumn 2021 is now set and we are looking forward to meeting you online. We are back with inspiring and knowledgeable seminars about vehicle and traffic safety September 2nd. The main objectives with the seminars are to share knowledge about our research and other topics related to saving lives in traffic. We aim for inspiration to create new projects and boost dialogue and collaboration in our network.

This term the seminars are hosted by selected Competence network leaders, some SAFER partners and other themes of interest, including Open Research projects at AstaZero and the SAFER Pre-study program. Due to the sharp increase in interest for these seminars and the ongoing pandemic we will continue to hold the seminars exclusively online. Don't miss the opportunity to learn and network, a warm welcome to our seminar series during the autumn!

SAFER researchers that are included in our contact list will get personal invitations to the seminars. If you are a SAFER partner but not currently active in the network and would like to join the community and the seminars, please contact Mikael (redlich@chalmers.se) to be added to the invitation list.

SCHEDULE AUTUMN 2021 (speakers for each event will be published when decided)

W. 35 – September 2: New SAFER partners

In May 2021 SAFER welcomed four new partners to our research community, Agreat, Consenz, Knightec & Tier Mobility. We kick off this season with presentations by representatives from each of these partners. They will give us an introduction to their area of expertise, how they aim to contribute to our joint research activities and towards SAFER’s vision, that all road users should travel safely in the transport system!

W.36 September 9     Theme: Safety for electric vehicles

The field safety for electric vehicles is an area where  much has happened recently and we would like to share the latest knowledge with you! This webinar features speakers from SEEL, Swedish Electric Transport Laboratory and MSB, Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap.

Speakers: 
Magnus Granström, Director, SAFER
Yvonne Näsman, Administrative officer, Avdelningen för räddningstjänst och olycksförebyggande, MSB – Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap
Ulf Bergholm, Accident investigator, MSB - Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap
Henrik Svenningstorp, CEO, SEEL -  Swedish Electric Transport Laboratory

W.37                            Lindholmen Open Day (special program this day, no lunch seminar)

W.38                            No seminar

W.39 September 30   Host: Fredrik Sandblom – Competence Network Safety Assurance

The SAFER Thursday week 39 is hosted by Fredrik Sandblom, SAFER’s Research Area Director for Systems for Accident prevention and Automated driving at SAFER
and also competence network leader for Safety Assurance! Topics are autonomous driver support and HD mapping, Fredrik has invited speakers from Volvo Buses and Atlatec, very welcome!

Drivers Acceptance of Automating Bus Stop Docking 
Speaker: Joakim Jonsson, Project Manager Autonomous Research Projects, Volvo Buses

Safety ahead of the curve
Speaker: Tom Dahlström, Business Development Manager, Atlatec

W.40 October 7          Host: Giulio Bianchi Piccinini – Competence Network Human Behaviour

The SAFER Thursday week 40 is hosted by Giulio Bianchi Piccinini, SAFER’s competence network leader for Human Behaviour! The theme this week is E-scooters and Giulio has invited Katrine Karlsen from TÖI who will present a recent survey of both riders and non-riders in Norway. We also welcome Voi Technology as a new SAFER partner.

Voi Technology
Speaker: Tina Ghasemi Liljekvist, Senior Public Policy Manager, Voi Technology

The Trouble With E-Scooters – learnings from Norway 
Speaker: Katrine Karlsen, Researcher, TÖI - Institute of Transport Economics in Oslo, Norway

W.41 October 14        Host: Combitech

The SAFER Thursday week 41 is hosted by long time SAFER partner Combitech. Three representatives from the company will give us insight into their work on safety critical systems.

Safety Critical Systems at Combitech
Speaker: Jesper Lindell, Technology Manager Critical Systems, Combitech AB

The importance of Systems Engineering in development of Safety Critical Systems
Speaker: Lars Lundberg, System Safety Expert, Combitech AB

Safety Perspective on Autonomous Transport Technology
Speaker: Martin Fogelquist, Technology Leader Autonomy & Control Tower, Combitech AB

W.42 October 21        Host: Lund University

The SAFER Thursday webinar on 21/10 is hosted by ‘Traffic Safety & Behaviour’ research group from Lund University. The group consists of 4 senior researchers and currently just one PhD student (area to be improved). The group major interest is design and evaluation of road infrastructure measures that promote safe and smooth interactions in traffic. The methods employed are behavioural and traffic conflict observations (in real-world and simulated environments), accident modelling, road safety audit and inspection.
Since 2020, we have been working, together with TU Delft and ICTCT, on setting up the ‘Traffic Safety Research: an interdisciplinary journal’, which was finally launched just a couple of month ago (www.tsr.international).

Surrogate measures of safety / Video analysis for traffic applications
Speaker: Aliaksei Laureshyn, PhD, reader in Traffic Safety

Virtual reality in safety research
Speaker: Carmelo D’Agostino, PhD

Autobus - evaluation of autonomous busses in mixed traffic environment in Norway
Speaker: Carl Johnsson, PhD
 

W.43 October 28        Theme: SAFER Pre-studies

The theme for the SAFER Thursday webinar week 43 is pre-studies! This session features two SAFER pre-studies with speakers from Halmstad University and Skövde University.  

Cooperative Automated Driving Use Cases for V2X Communication
Speaker: Stephanie Alvarez Fernandez, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Research Engineer at Halmstad University

Multimodal Data to Support Safe Driving Patterns 
Speaker: Yacine Atif, Professor of Informatics, Skövde University
 

W.44                            No seminar: Autumn break

W.45 November 11    Open Research & Pre-study

The SAFER Thursday webinar week 45 features an Open Research project and a SAFER pre-study with speakers from Asymptotic and Chalmers. Welcome!

Safety dataset for training and validation of AI perception functions in AD and ADAS
Speaker: Jörg Bakker, Asymptotic AB

Looking for adipose tissue material model parameters
Speakers: Hosein Naseri, Ph.D., Håkan Johansson, Ph.D., Dept Mechanics and Maritime Sciences at Chalmers
 

W.46 November 18    Host: Bengt Jacobsson – Competence Network Vehicle Dynamics

The SAFER Thursday webinar week 46 is hosted by Professor Bengt Jacobson, SAFER’s competence network leader for Vehicle Dynamics. Bengt will give a status update on his competence network and the seminar also features presentations from two projects within his area of research.

Reports status and plans for Vehicle Dynamics Competence Area 
Speaker: Prof. Bengt Jacobson, Chalmers 

Power loss minimization through wheel torque allocation for electric cars
Speaker: Juliette Torinsson, Doctoral Student, Chalmers / Volvo Cars

Assessment tool of safety and congestion of long heavy vehicles
Speaker: Prof. Bengt Jacobson, Chalmers

W.47 November 25    Host: Per Johannesson – Competence Network System Safety

The SAFER Thursday webinar week 47 is hosted Per Johannessen, SAFER’s competence network leader for System Safety. Per will himself give a talk on Volvo Group’s first autonomous truck transport solution. Tejas Chandran from Autoliv has been invited to speak on safety management. 

Operational Safety for Autonomous Transport Solutions
Speaker: Per Johannessen, Safety Manager, Volvo Group

Safety I and Safety II
Speaker: Tejas Chandran, Research Engineer, Autoliv

W.48 December 2      Host: Jönköping University

The SAFER Thursday webinar week 48 is hosted by SAFER partner Jönköping University. We will hear presentations from the School of Engineering, School of Health and Welfare and a short introduction to the Jönköping AI Lab. 

Introduction to JU 
Speakers: Salem Seifeddine, Professor, Associate Dean of Research & Maria Riveiro, Professor Computer Science, School of Engineering, JU.

Humans in Personalized Systems 
Speaker: Bruce Ferwerda, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Informatics, School of Engineering, JU.

Deformation of human tissues
Speaker: Sara Kallin, Licentiate, lecturer and Program Director Prosthetics and Orthotics BSc, Department of Rehabilitation, School of Health and Welfare, JU

Biomechanical measurements in different situations of human activity
Speaker: Louise Bæk Larsen, PhD, lecturer, and Program Director MASTech MSc program Assistive technology, Department of Rehabilitation, School of Health and Welfare, JU